Hey Ildiko, See in-lined responses below. Greg. -----Original Message----- From: Ildiko Vancsa <ildiko@openstack.org> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2025 3:04 PM To: StarlingX ML <starlingx-discuss@lists.starlingx.io> Subject: Upgrade questions CAUTION: This email comes from a non Wind River email account! Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Hi StarlingX community, I just got a couple of questions about moving between and combining StarlingX versions, that I wasn't sure the answer of and would like to ask your help with. 1. I know that the StarlingX community has been working on making updates and upgrades easier. Does that include support upgrading a deployment from StarlingX 10.0 to 11.0 without the need to re-install the system? [Greg] The StarlingX Code supports software upgrades and patching. However the StarlingX community has not been able to find a contributor to "test and support" StarlingX upgrades between StarlingX Releases. Scott Kamp, a former StarlingX TSC member, was signed up to do this work, however Scott Kamp's team is no longer part of the StarlingX community. Is there a user of StarlingX that is interested in doing upgrades between StarlingX Releases ? And would they be willing to contribute time in testing and supporting StarlingX Upgrades for the StarlingX Community ? 2. Does StarlingX support mix-version deployments? For example running 9.0 in the central cloud and 10.0 at the edge, or when 11.0 comes out then 10.0 in the central cloud and 11.0 at the edge. [Greg] Yes, in a Distributed Cloud environment. In a Distributed Cloud environment, there are multiple separate clouds • A Central Cloud (sometimes also called ‘systemController’ cloud) • and • thousands of Subclouds If a Central Cloud is running Version N, then a Subcloud can be running either Version N-1 or Version N. Greg. Thanks, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Director of Community OpenInfra Foundation